Welcome to the 26th century! Cyborg (半机器人) technology is a way of life. People with human brains and artificial (人造的) bodies are everywhere.
This is the future world shown in the film Alita: Battle Angel. US director James Cameron made the film. The movie came out in the Chinese mainland theaters on Feb 22.
The story is based on Japanese manga artist Yukito Kishiro' s popular manga series of the same name. The series was published during the 1990s. The main character is a girl named Alita. She is a cyborg. One day, she wakes up in wreckage (残骸) and finds that she has lost her memory. Luckily, a doctor saves her. As she starts her new life, Alita finds she has superhuman abilities. She decides to find the truth behind her origin. She sets off a journey that leads her through a dark world.
In Cameron's own words, the movie is "not like any of the films that I've done before". Its visual effects (视觉效果) are especially impressive. The film's actors used the latest motion-capture (动作捕捉) technology. They wore special suits that record their movements. Later, motion-capture editors use these movements to make special effects. Rosa Salaza plays Alita. She wore a suit with more than 7,000 pieces and layers. It can capture human movement. The model that was used for her face was changed nearly 5,000 times to make it more vivid.
